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Old 12-05-2007, 08:47 PM   #1
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so there IS a crab in my tank!!!

Some of you might remember my mad crab hunt a few weeks ago ... and how that crab turned out to be a shell and not really a crab at all. Long story...
Well, it WAS a crab and I found it tonight! Totally by accident, but hey...
My polyps that I severely pissed off by reaquascaping my tank started dying (they turned black and got all mushy) so I asked by husband to break off the part of the rock with the dead polyps on it. When he cracked open the rock, this little guy came out:


I'm not sure if you can see it in these pictures, but he's got white hairs all over his body, so I think he is a gorilla crab, like you all suggested. What do you think?
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Old 12-05-2007, 09:21 PM   #2
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don't have any advice.. but congrats on now knowing you weren't going crazy
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Old 12-05-2007, 09:46 PM   #3
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don't have any advice.. but congrats on now knowing you weren't going crazy

Thanks! I have to say I was very relieved when I saw the crab tonight. My husband kept teasing me about seeing crabs that weren't really there. So now I have proof that I'm not crazy and I'm not seeing non-existant crabs!
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Old 12-05-2007, 09:47 PM   #4
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Thats a gorilla Congrats on catching him ...do you have a sump you can put him in?
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Old 12-05-2007, 10:19 PM   #5
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I don't have a sump, so right now he's in a tupperware container (with small holes in it of course) in my tank. I'm not sure what to do with him. I was actually thinking of setting up a little tank for him but I have no clue what he'd need to survive. He's kind of cute... in a crabby sort of way. I don't want to kill him... Any ideas on what I should do with him?
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Old 12-05-2007, 10:37 PM   #6
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Any ideas on what I should do with him?

a little garlic...a little butter.....
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Old 12-05-2007, 10:40 PM   #7
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you could set up a small tank, or just find someone you know with a sump and give it to them. there are a lot cooler crabs you could give their own tank IMO
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Old 12-05-2007, 10:43 PM   #8
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Thats good you got him.
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Old 12-05-2007, 10:48 PM   #9
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a little garlic...a little butter.....

Aaww! I couldn't do that! Besides...he's too small!
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Old 12-05-2007, 10:51 PM   #10
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you could set up a small tank, or just find someone you know with a sump and give it to them. there are a lot cooler crabs you could give their own tank IMO

I have a love/hate relationship with crabs. They kind of freak me out because they look like spiders and I HATE spiders... but their mannerisms crack me up. They're so little and they think they're so tough... it's so amusing! Now I think I really want a crab tank! What crabs would you get? What do you feed them?
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Old 12-06-2007, 12:49 AM   #11
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a little garlic...a little butter.....
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Old 12-06-2007, 01:08 AM   #12
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I second Fly on this one...

He's perfect for sushi, one bite!
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Old 12-06-2007, 02:39 AM   #13
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Old 12-06-2007, 07:28 AM   #14
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a little garlic...a little butter.....
Great catch and chew it up! yum!
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Old 12-06-2007, 09:24 AM   #15
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I agree dont kill him. You might be able to take him to the lfs or find smeone with a sump to take him. Crabs will eat just about anything.
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